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Friday, May 13, 2011

There were tears and community

Yes, there were a few tears, but tears of joy mind you.

I've been crafting for a large portion of my life. Not a long time . . uhh wait, okay I admit it. . I'm crafty.

It just weirds me out to pay someone for something I can make myself. So I've made myself curtains and invitations to many of my 'life' events. I even threw myself (and Bob Dylan) a birthday party. The theme was Bob Dylan, carrots and drinking out of mason jars. . something like that.

And then life hit. I graduated college and had to get a grown-up job. Crafting went on hiatus.

In 2009 my crafty grandmama passed away {it doesn't feel that long ago}. And last year my father passed away{this still doesn't feel real either}. I keep hearing a saying in my head: "they" say you always go back to what you were raised with. Well this past year it's been more than true. So I picked up sewing, again. And why not make a quilt. . people do that. Yep, I can do that.

So my first quilt material and off to the Internet. I needed some help and I use the Internet for everything else. First a few descriptions, then a few blogs, then a lot more blogs, start my own blog, find flickr, join flickr, find on-line bees, join bees, find swaps, sign-up for swaps--- it's a large community. A community that is down right amazing.

Soooooo, I'm participating in many bee's this year (6 total - I jump in with both feet people!). Some of the women I'm getting to meet through their blogs and their photos are so talented. And some are just the sweetest women I could ever imagine.

So, back to the tears which is also ties into this community stuff.

I had one of my newly found bee-mate send me a special something as part of the package of her fabrics that I am oh so privileged to work on. She sent me a swatch of Denyse Schmidt gold seeds from the coveted Flea Market Fancy line. This line came out way before I knew such amazing fabric existed. And I'm in LOVE with it. I now have a small bit of it.

I received my package last Monday . . and it's Friday. I know I haven't said anything and it's not because I'm ungrateful mind you. It's the impact of a "stranger" sending something, so precious. This is still so hard to wrap my mind around. Yes, it's fabric! Yes. . . it's fabric. Yes, I know it's only fabric. But it's the everything behind it. How did I survive without this community?

My new found community is one that shares openly, takes things personally, loves the same things I do, doesn't mind when I don't love about the somethings they do {as I don't leave such comments}, tries to make the best of what we have going on. Yep we struggle but all in all we make it. It all happens here - life happens. I am so lucky to know some of the most amazing people just down the street and around the world. And I'm still a beginner - I think I'm the lucky one!

Love this post. :) I feel the same way- isn't the online quilting community wonderful? Full of great friends I am happy to know that I would miss out on if I hadn't found this passion. Happy to know you. :)

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